Unto This Last, and Other Essays on Political Economy

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John Ruskin. Unto This Last, and Other Essays on Political Economy

Unto This Last, and Other Essays on Political Economy

Table of Contents

PART I

PART II

PART III

THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF ART

PREFACE

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THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF ART

LECTURE I

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LECTURE II

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ADDENDA

Note, p. 19.—"Fatherly authority."

Note 2nd, p. 21.—"Right to public support."

Note 3rd, p. 24.—"Trial Schools."

Note 4th, p. 24.—"Public favour."

Note 5th, p. 38.—"Invention of new wants."

Note 6th, p. 48.—"Economy of Literature."

Note 7th, p. 84.—"Pilots of the State."

Note 8th, p. 84.—"Silk and Purple."

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UNTO THIS LAST:

Four Essays on the First Principles of Political Economy

PREFACE

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ESSAY I

THE ROOTS OF HONOUR

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ESSAY II

THE VEINS OF WEALTH

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ESSAY III

"QUI JUDICATIS TERRAM."

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ESSAY IV

AD VALOREM

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ESSAYS ON POLITICAL ECONOMY:

ESSAYS ON POLITICAL ECONOMY

I

MAINTENANCE OF LIFE; WEALTH, MONEY, AND RICHES

Section I.—WEALTH

Section II.—MONEY

Section III.—RICHES

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II

NATURE OF WEALTH, VARIATIONS OF VALUE, THE NATIONAL STORE, NATURE OF LABOUR, VALUE AND PRICE, THE CURRENCY

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III

THE CURRENCY-HOLDERS AND STORE-HOLDERS. THE DISEASE OF DESIRE

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IV

LAWS AND GOVERNMENTS: LABOUR AND RICHES

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John Ruskin

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LAWS AND GOVERNMENTS: LABOUR AND RICHES.

There is one thought still, the saddest of all, bearing on this withholding of early help. It is possible, in some noble natures, that the warmth and the affections of childhood may remain unchilled, though unanswered; and that the old man's heart may still be capable of gladness, when the long-withheld sympathy is given at last. But in these noble natures it nearly always happens, that the chief motive of earthly ambition has not been to give delight to themselves, but to their parents. Every noble youth looks back, as to the chiefest joy which this world's honour ever gave him, to the moment when first he saw his father's eyes flash with pride, and his mother turn away her head lest he should take her tears for tears of sorrow. Even the lover's joy, when some worthiness of his is acknowledged before his mistress, is not so great as that, for it is not so pure—the desire to exalt himself in her eyes mixes with that of giving her delight; but he does not need to exalt himself in his parents' eyes: it is with the pure hope of giving them pleasure that he comes to tell them what he has done, or what has been said of him; and therefore he has a purer pleasure of his own. And this purest and best of rewards you keep from him if you can: you feed him in his tender youth with ashes and dishonour; and then you come to him, obsequious, but too late, with your sharp laurel crown, the dew all dried from off its leaves; and you thrust it into his languid hand, and he looks at you wistfully. What shall he do with it? What can he do, but go and lay it on his mother's grave?

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